I could use more money. Actually, I NEED more money. Holding down a second job after my 8-to-5 job probably isn’t possible, given the difficulties of commuting and what have you. But I’d love to pick up a few spare bux working at home doing something clerical.
So do real work-at-home type jobs even exist, or are they all pyramid scams? If so, where do you find out about them?
I don’t need to be paid a lot, but I’m a smart guy, literate, with excellent communications skills. Surely there’s a proofreading or editing job or somewhere I could do? Anyone know where you find good jobs that don’t require I buy a “distributorship” and sell my soul to Amway?
Well, if you’re smart and literate, you could try copy writing (writing adds), technical writing, proof reading/editing, and so on. Of course, none of these are particularly easy, nor particulalry well-paying on a part-time basis.
Contact add agencies, radio stations, and publishers to see if they’ve any need. Chances are, without experience or specific training, you’re not going to see a rush of jobs right away. You might also try contacting Clinical Research Organizations or Pharmacuetical companies and see if they’ve a need for outside writers. Be aware that these last two will require some scientific or medical experience.
You could try writing articles on a free-lance basis, but that’s tough, too.
It’s easier, in the long run, to study in your spare time to get additional degrees and job skills, so that you may be promoted at the job you already hold.
A woman in our department does statistical programming from her home in Oregon (our dept. is in NY).
A guy I know programmed full-time from home as a subcontractor for a phone company. He hadn’t really programmed before but they trained him.
I guess if someone wants you bad enough for whatever it is you can do there’s the possibility of working from home. Is there stuff at your present job that you can do as overtime from home? The jobs are out there (or at least they were) - you just have to be persistent and/or creative.
Tranquilis is right in that in the long run, more training makes you more marketable. Unfortunately, right now I need to get the car fixed and the bills paid and Mrs. RickJay through school so we can have two incomes, and so there is a need for a little more money like, right now.
Being a Googleologist, I naturally assumed such opportunities would be findable on the Internet. Sadly, the chaff is covering up the wheat, if in fact there IS any wheat.
Have you tried any of the employment agencies in your town (ManPower, AppleOne, or something like that?) If they don’t have jobs specific to your requirements, they might be able to turn you on to some other resource they know of that does. I’d be curious to see what you find.
Incidentally, you might want to make sure you are allowed to do this. As lame as it sounds, I have worked at jobs that specifically forbid me from obtaining additional employment without their prior consent (logic of course being: “Oh, you have free time to work another job? We must not be working you hard enough, so take on these additional projects for no additional pay”) :rolleyes:
If you are highly experienced in some field re value and prices you can make a tidy spare time living buying and selling on Ebay but you’ve got to be professional and (usually) narrowly focused (saleswise) on the area of interest.
I’m not sure whether this is relevant to your situation, but I had the best luck finding work for home AT WORK. Can you get software to log into your compnay’s network from home?
If you do a good deal of work on computers now, maybe you can arrange to do some of it from home. Or find other departments that need some chores done.
I used to work at this faily small law firm and our bookeeper worked out of her house, we would send her receipts, bills, bank statements ect. and she would write checks and organize our financial information. We had a separate accountant for all tax purposes. My mother also works for an accountant but on the side from home she is a bookeeper for 2 or 3 small clothing stores in the area. The job doesn’t seem that hard but I imagine the work is fairly sensative to errors considering it involves finances. Good luck
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Well, it depends . …
One, you could do translation work. Some of my friends, who are biligual, would get paid to translate handbooks or regulations from English to Spanish for maquiladoras in Reynosa, Mexico.
Two, you could teach a foreign language out of your own home.
Three, you could work for a second company and ask that you work out of your own home cuz it would be easier administration wise. For example, an after-school program near your neighborhood. A friend of mine worked in a social service program that had an after school program which involved teaching teather to migrant farm worker children. A good number of this kids would go on to University. Since the school was close by and most of the kids were available for this class after 5 p.m., they gave her hours from 5 to 8 p.m.
The problem with the scams is that they promise lots of $$$$ for little work. You know the kind, lick envelopes and earn $3,000 a month! Nevertheless, yes, there is real work-at-home work, but it DOES require lots of real work and not always for high wages.
